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Homer Odyssey “Sirens”

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Code: 01535

Dimensions: 23x25,5cm

Colors: White, Black, Brown

In Greek mythology the Sirens were sea deities who lived on an island called Sirenum scopuli. In some different
traditions they are placed on Cape Pelorum, others in the island of Anthemusa, and still others in the Sirenusian
islands near Paestum, or in Capreae. All locations were described to be surrounded by cliffs and rocks. Seamen who
sailed near were decoyed with the Sirens' enchanting music to shipwreck on the rocky coast, and the Sirens devoured
them.

The Sirens were considered the daughters of Achelous (by Terpsichore, Melpomene, Sterope, Chthon
(in Euripides' Helen)) or Phorcys. Homer says nothing of their number, but later writers mention both their names
and number some state that they were two, Aglaopheme and Thelxiepeia (Eustath. ad Horn. p. 1709) and others, that
there were three, Peisinoe, Aglaope, and Thelxiepeia or Parthenope, Ligeia, and Leucosia.

Their number is variously reported as between two and five, and their individual names as Thelxiepia, Molpe,
Aglaophonos, Pisinoeë, Parthenope, Ligeia, Leucosia, Raidne, and Teles. According to some versions, they were
playmates of young Persephone and were changed into the monsters of lore by Demeter for failing to intervene
when Persephone was abducted. The term "siren song" refers to an appeal that is hard to resist but that, if
heeded, will lead to a bad result.